Category: Events

Tonight: Ricks to lecture on Bob Dylan

January 31, 2011 at 3:49 pm

Sir Christopher Ricks, a long-time lecturer in the Core Curriculum, will be speaking on the poetic accomplishments of Bob Dylan, in his third of four lectures for the Gottlieb Archives this year. His talk, “Love: Just Like a Woman,” will take place this evening, Monday, January 31, at 6 PM in the Richards-Roosevelt Room, Mugar […]

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From a CC101 debate on democracy

December 7, 2010 at 12:27 pm

The problem with storytelling is that it appeals to the desirous part of the soul and not the rational — that’s why Socrates has such a problem with it. So, my question is: Would it be just to ban Sophocles and his plays in the city of Athens, when they clearly show a deep understanding […]

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CC101 at the MFA

November 16, 2010 at 4:52 pm

Each fall for the past few years, students in CC101 have been trekking over to the Museum of Fine Arts to see works of art associated with the texts we read in Core. This year, the tour guide devised by the faculty directs students to the themes of power and grief as visual points of […]

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David Ferry to read at BU

October 6, 2010 at 4:23 pm

Each year, the Core students begin their study of the Humanities with the epic of Gilgamesh, in a version translated by the poet David Ferry. This Thursday, October 7, Prof. Ferry will be giving a reading of his work, at an event sponsored by the the Poetry Reading Series at BU. All are welcome to […]

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Tabatabai to read at Persian autumn celebration

October 5, 2010 at 9:42 am

Our own Prof. Sassan Tabatabai will be reading works from the Persian canon as well as his own poetry, at a celebration of Mehregan, a Persian harvest celebration, to be held this Thursday, October 7th. As many Core folks may already know, Prof. Tabatabai is a poet and translator whose work has appeared in a […]

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Ice cream and welcome, at the annual CC105 Fruit Drop this Sunday

September 10, 2010 at 4:25 pm

Following a department tradition, the natural sciences faculty of CC105 will once again be releasing various types of fruit from a high fire escape behind CAS, in a recreation of Gaileo’s famous though apocryphal demonstration of the equal action of gravity on objects of differing weight. CC105 students are required to attend; but all members […]

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Join Core faculty for “My Favorite Boston”

September 9, 2010 at 11:58 am

As part of the Core’s ongoing initiative to engage students with the cultural resources of Boston, the department has organized a series of Friday afternoon excursions under the heading “My Favorite Boston. All groups depart Fridays at 3:00 PM from CAS 119; sign-up beforehand in the Core office as space is limited. These events are […]

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